Overall Ponatinib has been the best for me but it Has a lot of side effects and especially for Someone with heart issues. Hair fell out, skin dry , eye halos, and others but I'm still fighting on. Faith And pills my motto. Blessings. 💞💞
My Motto: Faith and Pills With Love 🐠18's Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/2009 Started Ponatinib 1/2015 Doctor Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > On Jan 28, 2017, at 10:10 AM, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ana. > I changed from Gleevec to Tasigna 5 years ago. > For me, it played out like this: > The muscle cramps went away, but the fatigue and dizziness stayed. > My fingernails started to grow again, but my hair started to fall out > everywhere where I don't want it to fall out. > For the first two years I had blistery infected hair follicles all over the > place, which took a very long time to heal. > My appetite improved a lot, I gained about 25 pounds. > My blood pressure became much harder to control, plus occasional heart > palpitations. Tasigna sure messes with my cardio function. > Now, after 5 years, there are signs that Tasigna is losing its effectiveness. > I am not sure what's next on the menu. > Overall, I would say that Gleevec and Tasigna are on the same level as far as > side effects go, it's just a different set of annoyances. > > Hope this helps, > Peter > > > >> On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 7:15:29 AM UTC-5, Ana wrote: >> My mun after 13 years on Gleveec is now 0,19 the doctor is going to repeat >> the pcr test if it is the same or worse wants to change the medication. >> >> Can you tell me how is the move from gleevec to tasigna? Does it have lots >> of side effects? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> De: 'Jeanie' via CMLHope >> Enviado: jueves, 5 de enero de 2017 22:51 >> Para: 'Jeanie' via CMLHope >> Asunto: [CMLHope] 2nd part blood report. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> [CMLHope] >> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> My Motto: >> Faith and Pills >> With Love >> 🐠18's >> Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia >> Started Gleevec 2/2004 >> Started Tasigna 9/2009 >> Started Sprycel 11/2009 >> Started Ponatinib 1/2015 >> Doctor Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center >> >> -- >> -- >> [CMLHope] >> A support group of http://cmlhope.com >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
